So /his/, out of curiosity, how was poor eyesight handled back in the day? Particularly early medieval, roman, and stone ages
Were the people just completely fucked or were they allocated to tasks based around crafting, farming, and other detail orientated work?
Enrico Dandolo was blind. And he led Venice.
My friend that is studying to be a doctor said to me once that poor eyesight is a modern thing. It comes from straining your eyes too much. So of course there have always been people with that sort of problems, but they were intellectuals or patricians.
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Mogeko~
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You don't need great eyesight to be a farmer.
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First thing that came to mind:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tōdōza
Myopia (short-sightedness) basically happens as a result of straining your eyes doing detail-work (reading, watching TV, computer games) as a child.
People in illiterate societies, peasants, farmers, and people who didn't send their kids to schools or gave them access to reading materials as children never had need of glasses or corrective eyewear.
